Antlia Pneumatica
27 Feb 2020Size: 215mm x 135mm£18.99
Antlia Pneumatica
Paperback £18.99
A haunting tale of loss and friendship, blurring the lines between the real and surreal, from the author of Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play.
A group of old friends—who, now in middle age, have mostly lost touch over the years—is reunited at a remote Texas estate for the funeral of one of their own. As they confront the memories of their shared past, the walls quickly dissolve (literally and figuratively) into a realm bordering on supernatural.
Anne Washburn's play Antlia Pneumatica was first staged at Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway, in April 2016.
'A writer of questing imagination and convention-bending technique'
New York Times'Washburn has established herself as one of the most formally innovative playwrights working today'
Guardian'Washburn is not your ordinary playwright… [her] witty, surprising language makes you laugh in self-recognition, then gasp at a turn into poetic intensity. I think everyone should see Anne Washburn's plays'
Time Out New York'A realistic, disarming ghost tale, invigorated with ruminations about time and space'
Associated Press27 Feb 2020Size: 215mm x 135mm£18.99
